"Ricardo" <notareal@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:R_vTi.776$qo2.238@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In my experience, once you use SonicStage to burn ATRAC files on a CD,
> you're
> stuck. I have a ****table CD player that can play ATRAC CD's. I can
> create
> an ATRAC CD using SonicStage and play them on that CD player with no
> problem.
> However, I can't play those same ATRAC CD's my computer, even though
it's
> the
> same computer I used to burn the CD! It's strictly one-way. Typical
Sony
> madness.
>
> As for offloading MP3's to CD, just burn the files directly to a CD and
> im****t
> them back into SonicStage when you want them.
>
> I think 64kbps is what's called ATRAC Hi-LP in the minidisc world. It's
> surprising how good this sounds; however it's not to be mistaken for CD
> quality. IMHO storing 64kbps files in ATRAC lossless on your computer
> just
> isn't worth the extra disk space, assuming you have the originals. If
you
> don't have the original CD's, I'd encode them onto my hard drive at a
> higher
> bit rate. In any event, I think the "lossless" aspect does not transfer
> to
> the ****table device. Others may disagree, and I'm sure they'll speak
up.
>
> I hope you are enjoying your NWS706.
An alternative to burning these to CD is to buy an external (USB,
Firewire,
or network enabled) hard drive to store your data. These things are under
$100 for smallish sized drives (say 120 GB or so), which will store a lot
of
CD's, even compressed with ATRAC Lossless format.
One advantage of the external HD is that when you're not using it, you can
unplug it completely and put it on a shelf somewhere to protect it from
things like electrical surges.
An even better thing to do for backups is have the same data on the
computer's HD and the external HD so that if one HD fails, you've got a
backup of everything available in one easy to use location.
Jeff
--
"When trans****tation is cheap, frequent, reliable, and flexible,
everything else becomes easier."
- Jon Goff
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